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+# RE Workflow - Developer Action Checklist
+## Week-by-Week Task List for Developers
+
+**Current Week:** Week 2  
+**Target Launch:** End of December 2025
+
+---
+
+## 🔥 WEEK 2 (THIS WEEK) - Complete Foundation
+
+### Backend Developer Tasks (3 days)
+
+#### Day 1: Database Setup
+- [ ] Install PostgreSQL 16
+- [ ] Create database `re_workflow_db`
+- [ ] Run schema SQL from `RE_Workflow_Complete_Project_Setup.md` (lines 980-1427)
+- [ ] Verify all 15 tables created
+- [ ] Test database connection
+- [ ] ✅ Deliverable: Database ready
+
+#### Day 2: Express & Middleware
+- [ ] Complete `src/app.ts` (Express setup)
+- [ ] Configure helmet, cors, body-parser
+- [ ] Setup Winston logger
+- [ ] Create error handler middleware
+- [ ] Test `/health` endpoint
+- [ ] ✅ Deliverable: Server running
+
+#### Day 3: Sequelize Models
+- [ ] Configure Sequelize connection
+- [ ] Create models:
+  - [ ] User.ts
+  - [ ] WorkflowRequest.ts
+  - [ ] ApprovalLevel.ts
+  - [ ] Participant.ts
+  - [ ] Document.ts
+  - [ ] WorkNote.ts
+  - [ ] Activity.ts
+  - [ ] Notification.ts
+  - [ ] TATTracking.ts
+  - [ ] ConclusionRemark.ts
+- [ ] Define model associations
+- [ ] Test queries
+- [ ] ✅ Deliverable: ORM working
+
+---
+
+### Frontend Developer Tasks (4 days)
+
+#### Day 1: Complete UI Extraction
+- [ ] Finish remaining 20% of Figma components
+- [ ] Fix any styling bugs
+- [ ] Test mobile responsive (320px - 1920px)
+- [ ] Ensure all dummy data displays
+- [ ] ✅ Deliverable: 100% UI extraction
+
+#### Day 2-3: Redux Store Setup (CRITICAL)
+- [ ] Create `src/redux/store.ts`
+- [ ] Create `src/redux/hooks.ts`
+- [ ] Create slices:
+  - [ ] authSlice.ts
+  - [ ] workflowSlice.ts
+  - [ ] approvalSlice.ts
+  - [ ] notificationSlice.ts
+  - [ ] documentSlice.ts
+  - [ ] workNoteSlice.ts
+  - [ ] participantSlice.ts
+  - [ ] uiSlice.ts
+- [ ] Configure Redux DevTools
+- [ ] Setup Redux persist
+- [ ] ✅ Deliverable: Redux working
+
+#### Day 4: Axios API Layer (CRITICAL)
+- [ ] Create `src/services/api.ts` (Axios instance)
+- [ ] Setup request interceptor (add JWT)
+- [ ] Setup response interceptor (handle errors)
+- [ ] Create service files:
+  - [ ] auth.service.ts
+  - [ ] workflow.service.ts
+  - [ ] approval.service.ts
+  - [ ] document.service.ts
+  - [ ] notification.service.ts
+  - [ ] workNote.service.ts
+  - [ ] participant.service.ts
+  - [ ] dashboard.service.ts
+  - [ ] user.service.ts
+- [ ] Create PrivateRoute component
+- [ ] ✅ Deliverable: API layer ready
+
+---
+
+## WEEK 3: SSO Authentication
+
+### Backend (2 days)
+- [ ] Configure SSO Bridge (config/sso.ts)
+- [ ] Implement SSO callback handler
+- [ ] User sync from Active Directory
+- [ ] Generate JWT tokens
+- [ ] Auth middleware
+- [ ] APIs:
+  - [ ] GET /api/v1/auth/login (redirect to SSO)
+  - [ ] GET /api/v1/auth/callback (handle SSO)
+  - [ ] POST /api/v1/auth/logout
+  - [ ] GET /api/v1/auth/me
+  - [ ] GET /api/v1/users/search
+
+### Frontend (1.5 days)
+- [ ] Create SSO callback page
+- [ ] Handle token from SSO
+- [ ] Store JWT in Redux + localStorage
+- [ ] Implement protected routes
+- [ ] Add logout button in header
+- [ ] Fetch and display user profile
+
+---
+
+## WEEK 4-5: Workflow Creation Wizard
+
+### Backend (1 week)
+- [ ] POST /api/v1/workflows (create workflow)
+- [ ] POST /api/v1/workflows/:id/approvals (add level)
+- [ ] POST /api/v1/workflows/:id/participants (add spectator)
+- [ ] POST /api/v1/workflows/:id/documents (upload file)
+- [ ] PATCH /api/v1/workflows/:id/submit (submit workflow)
+- [ ] GET /api/v1/workflows (list with filters)
+- [ ] TAT calculation logic (working days vs calendar days)
+
+### Frontend (1.5 weeks)
+- [ ] Step 1: Template selection → Redux
+- [ ] Step 2: Basic info (title, description, priority) → Redux + validation
+- [ ] Step 3: Approval workflow builder
+  - [ ] Dynamic levels (add/remove)
+  - [ ] User @mention search
+  - [ ] TAT calculation (real-time)
+  - [ ] Approval flow summary
+- [ ] Step 4: Spectators (@mention)
+- [ ] Step 5: Document upload (react-dropzone)
+- [ ] Step 6: Review & submit
+- [ ] Multi-step API submission flow
+
+**Most Time-Consuming:** Step 3 (approval builder) - 2-3 days
+
+---
+
+## WEEK 6-7: Approvals & TAT Tracking
+
+### Backend (1.5 weeks)
+- [ ] PATCH /api/v1/workflows/:id/approvals/:levelId/approve
+- [ ] PATCH /api/v1/workflows/:id/approvals/:levelId/reject
+- [ ] Approval state machine logic
+- [ ] TAT monitoring cron job (runs every 30 min)
+- [ ] Notification system (8 notification types)
+- [ ] Activity logging service
+
+### Frontend (2 weeks)
+- [ ] My Requests page (tabs, search, filter, pagination)
+- [ ] Open/Closed Requests pages
+- [ ] Request Detail page:
+  - [ ] Overview tab
+  - [ ] Workflow tab (approval timeline)
+  - [ ] Documents tab (preview, download)
+  - [ ] Activity tab (timeline)
+- [ ] TAT progress bar (color-coded)
+- [ ] Approve/Reject modals (with validation)
+- [ ] Notification bell with dropdown
+
+**Most Time-Consuming:** Request detail page with all tabs - 3-4 days
+
+---
+
+## WEEK 8: Documents & Work Notes
+
+### Backend (3 days)
+- [ ] Document storage (GCP Cloud Storage)
+- [ ] Document APIs (upload, download, preview)
+- [ ] Work notes APIs
+- [ ] @mention parsing and notifications
+- [ ] Emoji reactions
+
+### Frontend (2 days)
+- [ ] Connect work notes to backend (already has UI + emoji!)
+- [ ] Connect document upload with progress bar
+- [ ] PDF/image preview modal
+- [ ] File download functionality
+
+**Advantage:** Work notes UI already complete!
+
+---
+
+## WEEK 9: Dashboard & AI
+
+### Backend (3 days)
+- [ ] Dashboard statistics APIs
+- [ ] OpenAI/Gemini integration
+- [ ] AI conclusion generation
+- [ ] Workflow closure API
+
+### Frontend (3 days)
+- [ ] Dashboard with charts (Recharts)
+- [ ] Conclusion display & edit
+- [ ] Close workflow functionality
+- [ ] Search & filter components
+
+---
+
+## WEEK 10: Testing & Deployment
+
+### Backend (4 days)
+- [ ] Unit tests (Jest + ts-jest)
+- [ ] Integration tests (Supertest)
+- [ ] Swagger documentation
+- [ ] Performance optimization
+- [ ] Docker + CI/CD
+- [ ] Deploy to GCP
+
+### Frontend (4 days)
+- [ ] Component tests (Vitest)
+- [ ] Integration tests
+- [ ] Loading states everywhere
+- [ ] Error boundaries
+- [ ] Production build
+- [ ] Docker + CI/CD
+- [ ] Deploy to GCP
+
+---
+
+## 🎯 Daily Developer Checklist
+
+### Before Starting Any Task:
+- [ ] Is the prerequisite task complete?
+- [ ] Do I have all required information?
+- [ ] Is the backend API ready (for frontend tasks)?
+
+### While Working:
+- [ ] Following TypeScript strict mode
+- [ ] Adding proper error handling
+- [ ] Adding loading states
+- [ ] Writing clean, commented code
+- [ ] Testing as I build
+
+### Before Marking Complete:
+- [ ] Feature works end-to-end
+- [ ] Handles errors gracefully
+- [ ] Responsive on mobile
+- [ ] Code reviewed
+- [ ] Committed to Git
+
+---
+
+## 📞 Quick Communication
+
+### Blockers:
+- Backend waiting on SSO details? → Continue with non-auth features
+- Frontend waiting on APIs? → Work on UI polish, validations, Redux
+
+### Daily Standup (15 min):
+1. What did I complete yesterday?
+2. What am I working on today?
+3. Any blockers or questions?
+
+---
+
+**Last Updated:** October 23, 2025  
+**Next Review:** Weekly (every Friday)
+

RE_Executive_Summary.md

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+# RE Workflow Management System - Executive Summary
+## Project Status & Timeline
+
+**Date:** October 23, 2025  
+**Project:** RE Workflow Management System (Non-Templatized)  
+**Target Launch:** End of December 2025
+
+---
+
+## ✅ What's Complete (10%)
+
+1. **Frontend UI Extraction:** 80% complete from Figma
+   - All pages visually complete
+   - Mobile responsive (320px - 1920px)
+   - **But:** No functionality, just visual components with dummy data
+   
+2. **Work Notes Feature:** Partial functionality
+   - UI complete
+   - Emoji selection working
+   - Document selection working
+   - **Needs:** Backend API integration
+
+3. **Backend Repository:** 70% setup
+   - Folder structure created
+   - Dependencies installed
+   - **Needs:** Database setup, API development
+
+---
+
+## ❌ What's NOT Complete (90%)
+
+1. **Database:** 0% (not created yet)
+2. **Redux Store:** 0% (not created)
+3. **API Service Layer:** 0% (not configured)
+4. **Form Validations:** 0%
+5. **API Integration:** 0%
+6. **Business Logic:** 0% (TAT calculations, workflows)
+7. **Authentication:** 0% (SSO not integrated)
+8. **All Backend APIs:** 0%
+
+---
+
+## 🔐 Authentication Approach
+
+### SSO Login (RE SSO Bridge)
+- **No login/signup screens needed** (SSO handles authentication)
+- Users authenticate with company credentials
+- Auto-sync from Active Directory
+- **Frontend work:** Minimal (1.5 days)
+- **Backend work:** SSO integration (2 days)
+
+**Figma Note:** No login/signup screens in Figma (not needed for SSO)
+
+---
+
+## 📅 Revised Timeline (10 Weeks)
+
+| Week | Focus | Backend | Frontend | Milestone |
+|------|-------|---------|----------|-----------|
+| 1 | Setup | 70% done | 80% UI done | In progress |
+| 2 | Foundation | Database + ORM | Redux + API layer | THIS WEEK |
+| 3 | SSO | SSO integration | SSO callback | Auth working |
+| 4-5 | Workflow | Workflow APIs | Wizard integration | Can create workflows |
+| 6-7 | Approvals | Approval APIs + TAT | Request pages + modals | Can approve/reject |
+| 8 | Collaboration | Documents + Work notes | Connect APIs | Collaboration working |
+| 9 | Analytics | Dashboard + AI | Charts + polish | All features done |
+| 10 | Launch | Testing + deployment | Testing + deployment | Production! 🚀 |
+
+---
+
+## 🎯 Core Features
+
+### 1. Workflow Creation (Weeks 4-5)
+- 6-step wizard to create workflow requests
+- Dynamic approval hierarchy (up to 10 levels)
+- @mention user search for approvers/spectators
+- Document upload (drag-drop, max 10MB)
+- TAT calculation (working days vs calendar days)
+
+### 2. Approval Actions (Weeks 6-7)
+- Approve/reject with mandatory comments
+- Multi-level approval flow
+- TAT tracking with color-coded progress bars
+- Automated reminders (80% TAT used)
+- Breach alerts (100% TAT exceeded)
+
+### 3. Collaboration (Week 8)
+- Work notes (chat with @mentions)
+- Emoji reactions
+- Document preview and download
+- Real-time notifications
+
+### 4. Dashboard & Analytics (Week 9)
+- Statistics and charts
+- AI-powered conclusions (using OpenAI/Gemini)
+- Search and filters
+
+---
+
+## ⚠️ Reality Check
+
+### Common Misconception:
+"Frontend is 80% done because UI is extracted from Figma"
+
+### Reality:
+- UI extraction = 20% of total frontend work
+- 80% UI done = 16% of frontend complete
+- Still need: Redux (20%), API integration (30%), validations (20%), testing (10%)
+
+### Impact:
+- Initial estimate: 6-8 weeks
+- Realistic estimate: 10 weeks
+- **Reason:** UI is just visual shell, needs 84% more work for functionality
+
+---
+
+## 🚨 Risks & Dependencies
+
+### High Risk:
+1. **SSO Integration:** Awaiting final confirmation and SSO details
+2. **TAT Calculation:** Complex logic for working days
+3. **Multi-level Approvals:** Complex state machine
+4. **Backend-Frontend Sync:** Frontend blocked without APIs
+
+### Mitigation:
+1. SSO: Can build temporary standard login if delayed (3-4 days)
+2. TAT: Write comprehensive unit tests
+3. Approvals: Thorough testing of all scenarios
+4. Sync: Daily standups, clear API documentation
+
+---
+
+## 💰 Resource Requirements
+
+### Team:
+- 2-3 Backend Developers (Node.js + TypeScript + PostgreSQL)
+- 2-3 Frontend Developers (React + TypeScript + Redux)
+- 1 QA Engineer (Week 9-10)
+- 1 DevOps Engineer (Week 10)
+
+### Infrastructure:
+- PostgreSQL 16 database
+- GCP Cloud Storage (for documents)
+- GCP Cloud Run or VM (for hosting)
+- OpenAI API (for AI conclusions)
+
+---
+
+## 🎯 Success Criteria
+
+**Week 2:** ✅ Foundation complete (database, Redux, API layer)  
+**Week 3:** ✅ SSO authentication working  
+**Week 5:** ✅ Users can create workflows  
+**Week 7:** ✅ Users can approve/reject  
+**Week 9:** ✅ All features functional  
+**Week 10:** ✅ Production deployment
+
+---
+
+## 📊 Budget & Timeline
+
+**Estimated Timeline:** 10 weeks (50 working days)  
+**Target Launch:** End of December 2025  
+**Current Progress:** 10% (Week 2 of 10)  
+**Confidence Level:** Medium (realistic with current team)
+
+**Key Assumption:** SSO integration details provided by Week 3
+
+---
+
+## 📞 Next Steps
+
+### This Week (Week 2):
+1. **Backend:** Complete database schema setup
+2. **Frontend:** Setup Redux store and API layer
+3. **Both:** Ready for feature development by week end
+
+### Immediate Requirements:
+1. SSO Bridge documentation and credentials
+2. Active Directory access for user sync
+3. GCP project setup for storage
+4. OpenAI API key for conclusions
+
+---
+
+**Prepared By:** .NET Expert Team  
+**Status:** Realistic assessment with corrected estimates  
+**Focus:** Core workflow features (creation, approvals, collaboration)
+

RE_Feature_Status_Tracker.md

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+# RE Workflow - Feature Status Tracker
+## Quick Reference for Project Progress
+
+**Last Updated:** October 23, 2025  
+**Overall Completion:** 10%
+
+---
+
+## 🎨 Frontend UI Status (Figma Extraction)
+
+| Feature/Page | UI Extracted | Functionality | API Integration | Status |
+|--------------|--------------|---------------|-----------------|--------|
+| **Header & Sidebar** | ✅ 80% | ❌ 0% | ❌ 0% | UI Only |
+| **Dashboard** | ✅ 80% | ❌ 0% | ❌ 0% | UI Only |
+| **Create Workflow Wizard** | ✅ 80% | ❌ 0% | ❌ 0% | UI Only |
+| **My Requests** | ✅ 80% | ❌ 0% | ❌ 0% | UI Only |
+| **Request Detail** | ✅ 80% | ❌ 0% | ❌ 0% | UI Only |
+| **Approve/Reject Modals** | ✅ 80% | ❌ 0% | ❌ 0% | UI Only |
+| **Work Notes** | ✅ 100% | 🔄 30% | ❌ 0% | Emoji + Docs Working |
+| **Documents Tab** | ✅ 80% | ❌ 0% | ❌ 0% | UI Only |
+| **Notifications** | ✅ 80% | ❌ 0% | ❌ 0% | UI Only |
+
+**Overall Frontend:** 16% Complete (UI with dummy data, no functionality)
+
+---
+
+## ⚙️ Backend API Status
+
+| Feature | APIs Designed | APIs Built | Tested | Status |
+|---------|---------------|------------|--------|--------|
+| **Database Schema** | ✅ Yes | ❌ No | ❌ No | 0% |
+| **SSO Authentication** | ✅ Yes | ❌ No | ❌ No | 0% |
+| **Workflow Creation** | ✅ Yes | ❌ No | ❌ No | 0% |
+| **Approval Actions** | ✅ Yes | ❌ No | ❌ No | 0% |
+| **TAT Tracking** | ✅ Yes | ❌ No | ❌ No | 0% |
+| **Notifications** | ✅ Yes | ❌ No | ❌ No | 0% |
+| **Documents** | ✅ Yes | ❌ No | ❌ No | 0% |
+| **Work Notes** | ✅ Yes | ❌ No | ❌ No | 0% |
+| **Dashboard** | ✅ Yes | ❌ No | ❌ No | 0% |
+| **AI Conclusions** | ✅ Yes | ❌ No | ❌ No | 0% |
+
+**Overall Backend:** 10% Complete (repo setup only)
+
+---
+
+## 🚀 Core Features Breakdown
+
+### Feature 1: Workflow Creation Wizard ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (Highest Priority)
+
+**What Users Do:**
+1. Click "Create New Request"
+2. Select "Custom Request"
+3. Fill basic info (title, description, priority)
+4. Build approval hierarchy (levels, approvers, TAT)
+5. Add spectators
+6. Upload documents
+7. Review and submit
+
+**Backend Work:**
+- [ ] Workflow CRUD APIs
+- [ ] Approval levels APIs
+- [ ] Participant APIs
+- [ ] Document upload (GCP storage)
+- [ ] Submit workflow logic
+- **Estimated:** 1 week
+
+**Frontend Work:**
+- [ ] Connect 6 wizard steps to Redux
+- [ ] Real-time TAT calculation
+- [ ] User @mention search
+- [ ] File upload with progress
+- [ ] Form validations
+- [ ] Multi-step API submission
+- **Estimated:** 1.5 weeks
+
+**Current Status:** 
+- UI: ✅ 80% (dummy data)
+- Functionality: ❌ 0%
+
+---
+
+### Feature 2: Request Management ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (Highest Priority)
+
+**What Users Do:**
+1. View "My Requests" (all their workflows)
+2. View "Open Requests" (pending their action)
+3. View "Closed Requests" (completed)
+4. Search and filter requests
+5. Click request to see details
+
+**Backend Work:**
+- [ ] Workflow listing APIs with filters
+- [ ] Pagination
+- [ ] Search (full-text)
+- [ ] Filter (status, priority, date range)
+- **Estimated:** 3 days
+
+**Frontend Work:**
+- [ ] My Requests page (tabs, search, filter)
+- [ ] Open/Closed Requests pages
+- [ ] Request cards with status badges
+- [ ] Pagination
+- [ ] Loading skeletons
+- **Estimated:** 1 week
+
+**Current Status:**
+- UI: ✅ 80% (dummy cards)
+- Functionality: ❌ 0%
+
+---
+
+### Feature 3: Approval Actions ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (Highest Priority)
+
+**What Users Do:**
+1. Open request detail page
+2. View approval workflow timeline
+3. See TAT progress bar
+4. Click "Approve" or "Reject" button
+5. Add mandatory comments
+6. Submit decision
+
+**Backend Work:**
+- [ ] Approve/reject APIs
+- [ ] Approval state machine logic
+- [ ] TAT calculation (working days vs calendar days)
+- [ ] Move to next level logic
+- [ ] Notification triggers
+- [ ] Activity logging
+- **Estimated:** 1 week
+
+**Frontend Work:**
+- [ ] Request detail page
+- [ ] Workflow timeline tab
+- [ ] TAT progress bar (color-coded)
+- [ ] Approve/Reject modals
+- [ ] Comment validation
+- [ ] Success/error handling
+- **Estimated:** 1 week
+
+**Current Status:**
+- UI: ✅ 80% (modals exist)
+- Functionality: ❌ 0%
+
+---
+
+### Feature 4: TAT Monitoring ⭐⭐⭐⭐ (High Priority)
+
+**What System Does:**
+1. Cron job runs every 30 minutes
+2. Checks all active workflows
+3. Calculates TAT percentage used
+4. Sends alerts:
+   - 80% TAT used → Warning notification
+   - 100% TAT used → Breach notification
+
+**Backend Work:**
+- [ ] TAT calculation service
+- [ ] Cron job setup (node-cron)
+- [ ] Notification triggers
+- [ ] TAT status updates
+- **Estimated:** 2 days
+
+**Frontend Work:**
+- [ ] Display TAT progress bar
+- [ ] Color code based on status:
+  - Green: < 50% used
+  - Yellow: 50-80% used
+  - Red: > 80% used
+- [ ] Show remaining time
+- **Estimated:** 1 day (included in Request Detail)
+
+**Current Status:**
+- Backend: ❌ 0%
+- Frontend UI: ✅ 80%
+- Logic: ❌ 0%
+
+---
+
+### Feature 5: Work Notes (Chat) ⭐⭐⭐⭐ (High Priority)
+
+**What Users Do:**
+1. Open request detail
+2. Go to work notes section
+3. Type message with @mentions
+4. Add emojis
+5. Attach documents
+6. Send message
+
+**Backend Work:**
+- [ ] Work notes CRUD APIs
+- [ ] @mention parsing
+- [ ] Notification to mentioned users
+- [ ] Emoji reactions API
+- [ ] Attachments API
+- **Estimated:** 2 days
+
+**Frontend Work:**
+- [ ] Connect chat to backend API
+- [ ] Fetch messages (with polling every 10 sec)
+- [ ] Send message
+- [ ] @mention autocomplete
+- [ ] Emoji reactions
+- [ ] **Estimated:** 1 day (UI + emoji already working!)
+
+**Current Status:**
+- UI: ✅ 100%
+- Emoji Selection: ✅ Working
+- Document Selection: ✅ Working
+- Backend API: ❌ 0%
+
+---
+
+### Feature 6: Document Management ⭐⭐⭐ (Medium Priority)
+
+**What Users Do:**
+1. Upload documents (PDF, Word, Excel, PPT, Images)
+2. Preview PDF/images
+3. Download any document
+4. Link Google Docs/Sheets
+
+**Backend Work:**
+- [ ] File upload (Multer middleware)
+- [ ] GCP Cloud Storage integration
+- [ ] Document CRUD APIs
+- [ ] Generate signed URLs
+- [ ] File validation (type, size)
+- **Estimated:** 2 days
+
+**Frontend Work:**
+- [ ] Drag-drop upload (react-dropzone)
+- [ ] Upload progress bar
+- [ ] Preview modal (PDF, images)
+- [ ] Download functionality
+- [ ] Google Docs/Sheets links
+- **Estimated:** 1.5 days
+
+**Current Status:**
+- UI: ✅ 80%
+- Upload logic: ❌ 0%
+
+---
+
+### Feature 7: Notifications ⭐⭐⭐ (Medium Priority)
+
+**What Users See:**
+1. Bell icon in header (with unread count)
+2. Click to see notification dropdown
+3. Click notification to go to request
+4. Mark as read / Mark all as read
+
+**Notification Types:**
+- New approval assignment
+- Approval/rejection
+- TAT warning (80%)
+- TAT breach (100%)
+- @mention in work note
+- Document uploaded
+- Spectator added
+- Request closed
+
+**Backend Work:**
+- [ ] Notification CRUD APIs
+- [ ] Trigger notifications on events
+- [ ] Mark read/unread
+- [ ] Cleanup old notifications
+- **Estimated:** 2 days
+
+**Frontend Work:**
+- [ ] Notification bell component
+- [ ] Dropdown panel
+- [ ] Polling (every 30 sec)
+- [ ] Toast for high-priority
+- [ ] Navigation to related request
+- **Estimated:** 1 day
+
+**Current Status:**
+- UI: ✅ 80%
+- Polling logic: ❌ 0%
+
+---
+
+### Feature 8: Dashboard ⭐⭐ (Lower Priority)
+
+**What Users See:**
+- Total requests count
+- Pending approvals count
+- Approved/Rejected counts
+- TAT breached count
+- Charts (pie, bar, line)
+- Recent activities
+- Pending actions widget
+
+**Backend Work:**
+- [ ] Statistics calculation APIs
+- [ ] Recent activities API
+- [ ] Pending actions API
+- [ ] Caching for performance
+- **Estimated:** 1.5 days
+
+**Frontend Work:**
+- [ ] Metric cards
+- [ ] Charts (Recharts library)
+- [ ] Recent activities widget
+- [ ] Auto-refresh
+- **Estimated:** 1.5 days
+
+**Current Status:**
+- UI: ✅ 80%
+- Data integration: ❌ 0%
+
+---
+
+### Feature 9: AI Conclusions ⭐⭐ (Lower Priority)
+
+**What System Does:**
+1. After final approval, generate AI conclusion
+2. Summarize approval comments + work notes
+3. Initiator can edit before finalizing
+4. Conclusion displayed in closed requests
+
+**Backend Work:**
+- [ ] OpenAI API integration
+- [ ] Compile workflow data for prompt
+- [ ] Generate conclusion
+- [ ] Store AI remark
+- [ ] Update conclusion API
+- **Estimated:** 1.5 days
+
+**Frontend Work:**
+- [ ] Display AI-generated conclusion
+- [ ] Edit modal (for initiator)
+- [ ] Save edited conclusion
+- [ ] Read-only for others
+- **Estimated:** 1 day
+
+**Current Status:**
+- Backend: ❌ 0%
+- Frontend UI: ✅ 80%
+
+---
+
+## 📊 Progress Summary
+
+### By Category:
+
+| Category | Total Work | Completed | Remaining | % Done |
+|----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
+| **Database Schema** | 1 week | 0 days | 1 week | 0% |
+| **Backend APIs** | 6 weeks | 0 days | 6 weeks | 0% |
+| **Frontend UI** | 1 week | 0.8 weeks | 0.2 weeks | 80% |
+| **Redux Setup** | 3 days | 0 days | 3 days | 0% |
+| **API Integration** | 3 weeks | 0 days | 3 weeks | 0% |
+| **Validations** | 1 week | 0 days | 1 week | 0% |
+| **Testing** | 1 week | 0 days | 1 week | 0% |
+| **Deployment** | 1 week | 0 days | 1 week | 0% |
+
+**TOTAL:** ~16 weeks of work, 1.6 weeks done (10%)
+
+---
+
+## 🔥 Critical Path
+
+**Week 2:** Database + Redux (BLOCKS EVERYTHING)  
+**Week 3:** SSO auth (BLOCKS AUTHENTICATED FEATURES)  
+**Weeks 4-5:** Workflow creation (CORE FEATURE)  
+**Weeks 6-7:** Approvals & TAT (CORE FEATURE)  
+**Week 8:** Collaboration (CORE FEATURE)  
+**Week 9:** Dashboard (SECONDARY)  
+**Week 10:** Testing & Launch
+
+**Cannot skip or reorder!**
+
+---
+
+## 💡 What to Focus On
+
+### Core Application Features (85% of effort):
+1. ✅ Workflow Creation Wizard
+2. ✅ Approval Actions
+3. ✅ TAT Tracking
+4. ✅ Work Notes
+5. ✅ Document Management
+6. ✅ Notifications
+7. ✅ Request Management Pages
+
+### Secondary Features (15% of effort):
+8. Dashboard & Analytics
+9. AI Conclusions
+10. Search & Filters
+
+---
+
+**Focus:** Build core workflow features first, then analytics/dashboard last!
+

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+# RE Workflow Management System - Task Timeline
+## SSO-Based Authentication | Realistic Progress Tracking
+
+**Version:** 2.0  
+**Date:** October 23, 2025  
+**Authentication:** SSO via RE SSO Bridge (No login/signup screens)  
+**Current Status:** Frontend UI 80% extracted, Backend 70% setup
+
+---
+
+## 🎯 Current Project Status
+
+### Overall Progress: 10%
+- **Backend:** 10% (repo 70% setup, database 0%, APIs 0%)
+- **Frontend:** 16% (UI 80% extracted, but no functionality)
+
+### Reality Check:
+✅ **What We Have:**
+- Frontend UI components from Figma (80% extracted, mobile responsive)
+- Work notes UI + partial functionality (emoji, document selection working)
+- Dependencies installed
+- Repository structure in progress
+
+❌ **What We DON'T Have:**
+- No Redux store created
+- No API service layer
+- No form validations
+- No API integration
+- No business logic
+- No authentication working
+- No database setup
+
+**Translation:** Having UI ≠ Having features. We have the "look" but not the "functionality."
+
+---
+
+## 🔐 SSO Authentication (No Login Screens)
+
+### How SSO Works:
+1. User visits app → App redirects to RE SSO Bridge
+2. User logs in with RE credentials (handled by SSO)
+3. SSO redirects back to app with token
+4. App validates token, syncs user from Active Directory
+5. User lands on dashboard (logged in)
+
+### What We Build:
+**Frontend (1.5 days):**
+- SSO callback handler page
+- Protected route guards
+- Logout button
+
+**Backend (2 days):**
+- SSO OAuth2 integration
+- User sync from Active Directory
+- JWT session management
+
+**No Need For:**
+- ❌ Login page
+- ❌ Signup page
+- ❌ Password reset pages
+- ❌ Email verification
+
+---
+
+## 📅 Week-by-Week Timeline (10 Weeks)
+
+### **Week 1 (Completed):** Sprint 0 Setup
+- ✅ Frontend UI extraction 80% (Figma)
+- 🔄 Backend repo setup 70%
+- ❌ Database: Not started
+- ❌ Redux: Not created
+- ❌ API layer: Not configured
+
+---
+
+### **Week 2 (CURRENT):** Complete Foundation
+
+**Backend (3 days):**
+- 🔥 Database schema setup (1 day) ← CRITICAL
+- Express + middleware configuration (0.5 days)
+- Sequelize ORM + models (1.5 days)
+
+**Frontend (4 days):**
+- Complete UI extraction 20% remaining (1 day)
+- 🔥 Setup Redux store + 8 slices (2 days) ← CRITICAL
+- 🔥 Configure Axios API layer (1 day) ← CRITICAL
+
+**Target:** Foundation ready for feature development
+
+---
+
+### **Week 3:** SSO Authentication
+
+**Backend (2 days):**
+- SSO Bridge OAuth2 integration
+- User sync from Active Directory
+- JWT token generation
+- Auth APIs
+
+**Frontend (1.5 days):**
+- SSO callback page
+- Protected routes
+- Logout button
+- User profile display
+
+**Target:** Users can login via SSO
+
+---
+
+### **Week 4:** Workflow Creation Wizard (Part 1)
+
+**Backend (4 days):**
+- Workflow CRUD APIs
+- Approval levels APIs
+- User search API
+- TAT calculation logic
+
+**Frontend (4 days):**
+- Template selection (connect to Redux)
+- Basic information form (validation)
+- Approval workflow builder (complex!)
+  - Dynamic levels
+  - User @mention search
+  - Real-time TAT calculation
+
+**Target:** First 3 wizard steps functional
+
+---
+
+### **Week 5:** Workflow Creation Wizard (Part 2)
+
+**Backend (3 days):**
+- Participant management APIs
+- Document upload APIs (GCP storage)
+- Workflow submission logic
+
+**Frontend (4 days):**
+- Participants step (spectator @mention)
+- Documents step (drag-drop upload)
+- Review & submit step
+- Multi-step API integration
+
+**Target:** Complete workflow creation working
+
+---
+
+### **Week 6:** Request Management
+
+**Backend (4 days):**
+- Workflow listing APIs (filters, search, pagination)
+- Approval/rejection APIs
+- TAT tracking service
+- Activity logging
+
+**Frontend (4 days):**
+- My Requests page (tabs, search, filter)
+- Open/Closed Requests pages
+- Request detail page (Overview tab)
+- TAT progress bar component
+
+**Target:** Users can view all their requests
+
+---
+
+### **Week 7:** Approval Actions
+
+**Backend (3 days):**
+- Approve/reject workflow logic
+- TAT monitoring cron job (every 30 min)
+- Notification system (8 types)
+
+**Frontend (4 days):**
+- Workflow tab (approval timeline)
+- Documents tab (preview, download)
+- Activity tab (timeline)
+- Approve/Reject modals
+
+**Target:** Users can approve/reject requests
+
+---
+
+### **Week 8:** Collaboration Features
+
+**Backend (4 days):**
+- Work notes APIs (@mentions)
+- Document preview/download
+- Activity timeline APIs
+
+**Frontend (2 days):**
+- Connect work notes to backend
+- Connect document APIs
+- Notification bell with polling
+
+**Target:** Work notes and documents working
+
+---
+
+### **Week 9:** Dashboard & Analytics
+
+**Backend (3 days):**
+- Dashboard statistics APIs
+- AI conclusion generation
+- Workflow closure API
+
+**Frontend (4 days):**
+- Dashboard with charts
+- Search & filter components
+- Conclusion display & edit
+- Closure functionality
+
+**Target:** Dashboard and AI conclusions working
+
+---
+
+### **Week 10:** Testing & Deployment
+
+**Backend (4 days):**
+- Unit tests (Jest)
+- Integration tests
+- API documentation (Swagger)
+- Deployment setup
+
+**Frontend (4 days):**
+- Component tests (Vitest)
+- Integration tests
+- Performance optimization
+- Production build & deployment
+
+**Target:** Production launch! 🚀
+
+---
+
+## 📊 Task Summary
+
+### Backend: 25 Tasks
+- Sprint 0: 4 tasks (3 days)
+- Sprint 1: 2 tasks (2 days) - SSO
+- Sprint 2: 4 tasks (8 days) - Workflow creation
+- Sprint 3: 3 tasks (6 days) - Approvals & TAT
+- Sprint 4: 3 tasks (5 days) - Documents & Work notes
+- Sprint 5: 3 tasks (4 days) - Dashboard & AI
+- Sprint 6: 6 tasks (8 days) - Testing & deployment
+
+**Total: ~8 weeks (42 days)**
+
+---
+
+### Frontend: 30 Tasks (Reduced - No login screens!)
+- Sprint 0: 5 tasks (4 days) - Foundation
+- Sprint 1: 3 tasks (2.5 days) - SSO callback
+- Sprint 2: 8 tasks (9 days) - Workflow wizard
+- Sprint 3: 9 tasks (10 days) - Request management
+- Sprint 4: 4 tasks (5 days) - Collaboration
+- Sprint 5: 4 tasks (4 days) - Dashboard
+- Sprint 6: 4 tasks (5 days) - Testing
+
+**Total: ~8 weeks (40 days)**
+
+---
+
+## 🎯 This Week's Priorities (Week 2)
+
+### Backend Must Complete:
+1. 🔥 **Database schema** - Blocks everything (1 day)
+2. Express.js configuration (0.5 days)
+3. Sequelize ORM + all models (1.5 days)
+
+### Frontend Must Complete:
+1. Complete UI extraction 20% (1 day)
+2. 🔥 **Setup Redux store + 8 slices** - Cannot skip (2 days)
+3. 🔥 **Configure Axios API layer** - Cannot skip (1 day)
+
+**End of Week 2:** Both teams ready for feature development
+
+---
+
+## 📋 Core Features Focus
+
+### 1. Workflow Creation (Week 4-5) - CORE FEATURE
+- 6-step wizard
+- Approval hierarchy builder (dynamic levels, @mention, TAT)
+- Document upload
+- Submit workflow
+
+### 2. Approval Actions (Week 6-7) - CORE FEATURE
+- Approve/reject with comments
+- TAT tracking (working days vs calendar days)
+- Notifications
+- Activity timeline
+
+### 3. Collaboration (Week 8) - CORE FEATURE
+- Work notes (chat with @mentions, emojis)
+- Document management
+- Real-time notifications
+
+### 4. Analytics (Week 9) - SECONDARY
+- Dashboard with charts
+- AI-powered conclusions
+- Search & filters
+
+---
+
+## 📖 Documentation References
+
+
+
+
+## ⚠️ Key Insights
+
+1. **SSO = No login screens** (saves 3-4 days frontend work)
+2. **80% UI ≠ 80% done** (actually 16% of total work)
+3. **Integration is 80% of work** (Redux, API, validation, logic)
+5. **Focus on core features** (workflow creation, approvals, work notes)
+
+---
+
+## 🚀 Success Metrics
+
+**Week 2:** ✅ Foundation complete (database + Redux)  
+**Week 3:** ✅ SSO authentication working  
+**Week 5:** ✅ Can create workflows  
+**Week 7:** ✅ Can approve/reject  
+**Week 9:** ✅ All features functional  
+**Week 10:** ✅ Production deployment  
+
+---
+
+**Prepared By:** .NET Expert Team  
+**Target Launch:** End of December 2025  
+**Current Progress:** 10% Complete  
+**Focus:** Core workflow features (creation, approvals, collaboration)
+